Raghav Bahl introducing Narendra Modi in the inaugural ThinkIndia Dialogue in the capital
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Narendra Modi listens attentively to a question from the audience after completing his address
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Narendra Modi delivering his keynote address on "Why India needs less government and more governance
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Modi talked about replacing the PPP model with the P4 model - People Public Private Partnership - which stresses on involving the commoners in decision making
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Modi detailed how government decisions are often driven by political consideration and not efficiency
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Narendra Modi being congratulated by Raghav Bahl after Modi's inaugural address at the ThinkIndia Dialogue
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Raghav Bahl asks Modi about Labour and Agriculture reforms
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Modi answers a query during the question answer session after his address
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Narendra Modi and Raghav Bahl in conversation about "Why India needs less government and more governance."
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"When will we have a common minimum agreement among political parties about critical issues like public health and drinking water etc?" asks M Damodaran, former chief of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
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A young entrepreneur asking a question to Narendra Modi during the ThinkIndia Dialogue by Network 18
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Ravi Shankar Prasad, deputy leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Smriti Irani, popular TV star turned politician, also attended the first ever ThinkIndia Dialogue
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Modi's keynote address was followed by a panel discussion on "The Natural Rhythm of Indian Society is Liberal and Right of Centre."
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Dipankar Gupta, former professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, shares his views during the panel discussion. Rama Bijapurkar (a leading consultant on consumer behaviour) and R Jagannathan (editor-in-chief of Web and Publishing, Network18) listen attentively
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Swapan Dasgupta, senior journalist, making his point during the panel discussion as Bibek Debroy, professor at the Centre for Policy Research, looks on
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R Jagannathan (editor-in-chief of Web and Publishing, Network18) spoke for the motion during a debate on "The Natural Rhythm of Indian Society is Liberal and Right of Centre
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Rajdeep Sardesai, editor of CNN-IBN, believed that India's natural tendency is towards the centre - neither right nor left